The Gourmet's Lil'snack

The small differences

"Dad...?" She calls out.

He was in the kitchen, getting a few snacks when she called. "Over there!" he calls out.

She followed the sound to where he was in the kitchen, smiling as she saw him. "Ta-daaa! See? All okay." She held up her hands to wave them, only for the sleeves she'd rolled up to fall and cover her hands again.

"Pffft-" he started to laughs at that at just how small she is in his turtleneck. "We really need to get you some new clothes!" he says when he has calm down. "How are you feeling Chouchou?"

She blushed, but being able to make him laugh felt nice. He'd been so worried about her lately so she knew that laughing meant he was relaxing a bit. "I-I feel good, clean." She came over and sat at the table. "Do I still smell like that other demon or is it finally gone now?"

He raised an eyebrow but walked over before sniffing her all over. "Hmmm...nope! You no longer have that stinky smell on you! Though I have to say you smell really nice my Lil pumpkin! Makes me want to eat you whole!" he teases

She nodded, glad to hear she no longer smelled like some strange demon. "That's goo-" She blushed and pushed at his face. "H-hey! Y-you just did that a-and I just got clean!" She huffed at him.

He laughed again at her push. "Alright, alright! Sorry for the little tease here." he apologized once he had calmed down. "Since it is already late, how about we watch some movies?"

Thorne huffed at him but her tail wagging gave her away to the fact she was still enjoying herself. She then nodded. "Movies sound good, b-but no scary ones for now, o-okay? Please?" As much as she knew he liked them, she didn't think she could handle one of those right now.

"Of course! You can choose!" he agrees as he takes out the popcorn and microwaves them. And he takes out the extra-large bowl again.

She nodded, going to the movies to pick something out. She picked up an action hero movie, tilting her head. "Is this one okay?"

His head pops out of the wall and looks at the movie she picked. "It's going to be a little violent but it is fine tho!" he warns her.

Acknowledging that, she still picked it and waited for him to finish with the popcorn. She sat on the couch and looked around again. Everything felt strange now that it was her size or.....she was human-sized, really. Even sitting on the couch felt different. She still sank into the cushions, but she no longer felt like she was sitting on some vast expanse of fabric. It was just a couch.

10 minutes later he comes back with the bowl of popcorn. He tilts his head as he sees her absentminded. "Should we watch the movie then?"

She looked up as he came into the room, smiling brightly. "Y-yeah! Sorry. Everything is just....so different when I'm not small. Well...smaller." She scooted over to give him more room. "I'm okay though, don't worry."

He stayed quiet for a moment but nodded. "Well, I kinda understand that? It was also weird for me when everything else was at my level...wait no, it's the other way around?" he confesses as he sits down next to her.

"You mean when you went from everything being so small to you, to everything being your size for a change?" She tilted her head. "A-also can I have some popcorn too?"

"Yeah! Exactly like that!" he confirms and simply puts the bowl on her laps as they start the movie.

She giggled, holding the bowl for the both of them while she sat close next to him. "So exactly the same as me, but in reverse." She smiled, eating a piece of popcorn. It was much better now that she didn't get butter all over herself each time she ate one. Now that she thought about it, a lot of little things about them were complete opposites, but somehow they ended up the way they are today.